Adam Hansen Completes 16th Consecutive Grand Tour

With the end of Vuelta a España 2016, Lotto–Soudal’s Australian rider Adam Hansen has extended the record of completing most number of consecutive grand tours which already belongs to him.

Hansen’s long run started with the 2011 Vuelta a España, which he finished 129th. After completing the 2015 Vuelta a España, his 13th grand tour in a row, he broke the Spanish cyclist Bernardo Ruiz’s (born January 8, 1925 in Orihuela) 57-year-old record for consecutive grand tours completed. Ruiz is also winner of the 1948 Vuelta.

Hansen also won two stages: in 2013, Hansen broke away early in the seventh stage of the Giro d’Italia, a stage featuring numerous short and steep climbs. Hansen shed his breakaway companions and won in solo fashion in Pescara in pouring rain, more than a minute in advance of the chasing group. In stage 19 of the 2014 Vuelta a España, Hansen attacked the peloton with 4 km to go and resisted to the disorganized chase to win solo.

Adam Hansen wins stage 19 of Vuelta a España 2014. Lotto Belisol animated the nineteenth Vuelta stage, between Salvaterra do Miño and Cangas do Morrazo. Hansen jumped away at less than five kilometers from the finish and won.